Vehigle-wheel tire



. PATENTEDMAR. 1, 1904 E. A. PALMER. VEHICLE WHEEL TIRE. APPLIOQI'ION FILED NOV. 13, 1903.

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. Be it known that I, HARRY A. PALMER, a

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U ITED STATES Patented March 1, 1904.

HARRY A. PALMER, or ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

srncrrrcarronforrningpart of Letters Patent 110,753,426, dated March 1, 1904.

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citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheel Tires; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to beat full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such 7 as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the: same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vehicle-wheel tires, the object thereof being to provide a new and improved means forjse curing a pneumatic-tire sheath creasing or a solid resilient tire in position on the wheel-rim.

The features of my invention are hereinafter fully set forth and explained, tndillus- Figure 1 shows a transverse section Ora tire-sheath and wheel-run embodying myv in- Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same o'nthe' line at in Fig. 1. Fig.

3 shows a transverse section of a tire sheath constructed accordmgto my. invention. Fig.

4: shows, a transverse section of a segment of a tire-sh eath and wheel-rim embody ng a modified form of my invention. Fig. 5. shows a transverse section of a: segment of a solid resilient tire and awheel-rimembody ng pay In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 I have shown pneumatic-tire sheaths adapted to receiveand retain an inner air-tube (not shown) of the construction ordinarily used in double-tube pneumatic tires of this character.

In the drawings, A designates the casing or sheath, composed of the usual outerresilient covering and an inner layer of fabric to reinforce and sufiiciently strengthen the casingto resist the pressure of the air when the inner tube is placed therein and inflated for use.

B designates the rim or felly of a wheel, and B the metal tire thereon.

The tire sheath or casing A, I make in the usual manner in the form of an annular hollow ring having annular flat faces a- (see Figs.

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sides thereof and a flat inner annular face or surface a, adapted to fit and rest upon the metal tire B of the wheel. The inner annular. cavity of the sheath A is formed with faces a opposite the outside flat faces a',.and in theseinner faces a I prefer- ,ably mold annular grooves or recesses a and boltrholesa forthe purpose hereinafter set forth- (See Fig. 3.) The fiat base a of the tire-sheath is also constructed with an annular openingpr slit (5, which extends entirely around the inner face or base of the tiresheath A, through which opening access may he had to the annular cavity in the sheath A for the purpose of removing the core upon which the sheath may be molded and through which aninner tube may be inserted into and removed from the sheath when desired.

y In the annular grooves or recesses a? I place metal rings and through bolt-holes in said rings 1 place bolts 0, having, preferably, square f heads, which heads are countersunk into the .surfaceof said'ringsC. These countersinks and bolt-holes in said rings are preferably made somewhat elongated, as shown in Fig. 2, in orde'rtopermit of slight circumferential movementfof the bolts 0 therein. Over these bolts 0 I preferably place a shield, which I preferablymake in the form of a thin metal ring C,secured to the ring Cg" butit maybe made of canvas or other suitable material se- .cured to the inside of the shea'th'A in any convenient manner. It will be seen, however, that if .inetal shields C are used they will serve, the double purpose of holding the .bolts 0 from beingpushed back into the cavity in the sheath whenthe rings C are placed in the Figs. 1 and 4, deep enough to receive the flat A far enough to pass through the flange-rings D and receive nuts 0' upon their screw-threaded ends or be otherwise fastened. It will read-.

ily be seen that by means of thisconstruction the tire-sheath A is securely clamped in place within the peripheral channel formed by the flange-rings D D between the clamp-rings C C and the flange-rings D D, forming said:

channel, and thus securely held in the channel against the strain of inflation of the inner tube within the sheath, yet easily removable. from the wheel-rim when desired.

In Fig. 4 I show an alternative construction in which the flange-rings D D are so constructed that the portions ol d thereof flare outwardlyat an angle to a line parallel with the side faces of the wheel-rim,and the tire-sheath is constructed with its flat outer faces a 0& adjacent to its inner face to correspond with and fit into the flaring channel formed by the extensions d OZ of the flange-rings D D. The

clamp-rings C C are also flared or dished correspondingly, so that their outer faces when in place are substantially parallel to the flange extensions d d of the flange-rings D D, to which they are bolted, as hereinbefore described. In this construction I preferably show the base or inner annular face of the sheath of equal thickness entirely across the same and adapted to give perfect protection to an inner tube placed therein. In all other respects this construction is the same as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Fig. 5 I show a modification of my invention, in which the clamp-rings O C and bolts 0 are embedded and vulcanized in a solid tire A adapted to be secured thereby in a channel on a wheel-rim constructed of re-' enable others to construct and utilize the same,

I do not desire to confine myself to the'exact constructions herein shown and described, as What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is'

1. The combination in a vehicle-wheel tire, of radial clamp-rings within the tire, and bolts extending therefrom adapted to pass through the sides of the tire and through the radial portions of the channel rings or flanges on a vehicle-wheel rim, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a pneumatic vehiclewheel tire, of a tire-sheath provided with a slit in its inner face, and adapted to inclose an inner air-tube, radial clamp-rings on the inner faces of the sides of the sheath near the base thereof, and bolts passing through said radial clamp-rings, through the sides of the tire-sheath and through the radial portions of the channel-ringson the sides of a vehiclewheel, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in a pneumatic vehicletire, of a tire-sheath provided with a slit in its inner face, adapted to inclose an inner airtube,'and having recesses in the inner faces of the sheath near the base thereof, radial clamp-rings in-said recesses, and bolts 'pass ing through said clamp-rings, and the sides of the tire-sheath and adapted to passthrough and be secured in channel-rings on the sides of a vehicle-wheel substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination in a pneumatic vehiclewheel tire of a tire-sheath, provided with-a slit on its inner face and adapted to inclose an inner air-tube, and having recesses in the inner faces of the sheath near-the base thereof, clamping-rings in said recesses, bolts passing through said clamp-rings and the sides'of the tire-sheath, adapted to pass through and be secured in the channel-rings on the sides of the vehicle-wheel, and shields on the inside of'the sheath, covering said clamping-rings, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination in a vehicle-wheel, of a wheel-rim, a metal tire thereon, flange-rings secured to "the sides of thewheel-rim so as to form a peripheral channel thereon, a pneumatic-tire sheath provided with a slit'on its inner face, and adapted to inclose an inner tube, and fit into the channel on the wheelrim, clamping-rings on the inner faces of the sheath opposite the sides of the channel on the wheel-rim, and'bolts passing through said clamp-rings, the sides of the sheathand said flange-rings whereby the sides of the base of the tire-sheath are clamped between said clamp-rings and said flange-rings, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence'of two witnesses. 

